Songtrust Announces Partnership with Myspace Music

February 23, 2011 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Songtrust announced today a new partnership with Myspace Music to bring
Songtrust’s revolutionary music publishing management services to
Myspace Music’s industry-leading audience of DIY songwriters and bands.

Songtrust is the first online rights management solution that empowers
all songwriters to take control of their music publishing and related
rights. By streamlining the complex process of registering song
copyrights, collecting royalties, and maximizing licensing
opportunities, Songtrust empowers independent songwriters to track how
and where their songs are being used around the world.

“Songtrust provides a much needed music publishing administration
solution for the millions of do-it-yourself artists on Myspace Music,”
said President of Myspace Music, Courtney Holt. “We’re very excited to
deepen our relationship with Downtown Music and to promote this new,
innovative service that helps songwriters take control of their music
publishing.”

“Songtrust was designed to help a new generation of songwriters and
artists better manage, protect, and monetize their publishing assets,”
said Downtown Music Publishing President and Songtrust Co-Founder,
Justin Kalifowitz. “The Myspace Music community represents the largest
and most diverse community of DIY artists in the world, and we are
thrilled to partner with them in introducing Songtrust.”

Myspace Music will promote the Songtrust service to their entire
audience of musicians, showing their continued commitment to offer
artists the tools they need to build a more successful career in music.

About Songtrust

Songtrust is the first online solution that empowers all songwriters to
take control of their music publishing rights by simplifying the process
of song registration and royalty collections. Developed by Downtown
Music, this is the first digital publishing service of its kind,
complementing the array of online promotion, tour planning, and digital
distribution tools being used by an increasingly empowered generation of
DIY musicians. Songtrust educates and empowers songwriters, producers,
and recording artists to protect their songs, track their music, and
collect publishing royalties in the global marketplace.